Colin Miller (soccer player)

Colin Miller
Personnel
Surname	Colin Fyfe Miller
birthday	4th October 1964
place of birth	Hamilton , South Lanarkshire ,  Scotland
size	170 cm
position	Defense
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1982-1984	Toronto Blizzard	23 (2)
1984-1986	Rangers FC	2 (0)
1986-1988	Doncaster Rovers	61 (3)
1988	Hamilton Steelers	27 (?)
1988-1993	Hamilton Academical	198 (5)
1990	→ Hamilton Steelers (loan)	11 (?)
1994	St. Johnstone FC	24 (0)
1995	Heart of Midlothian FC	19 (1)
1995-1998	Dunfermline Athletic	61 (0)
1998	Ayr United	14 (0)
1999-2000	Hamilton Academical	9 (0)
2004-2005	Abbotsford Mariners	9 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1982	Canada U-20	5 (0)
1983-1997	Canada	61 (5)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1999-2000	Hamilton Academical
2003-2004	Canada
2005-2007	Abbotsford Rangers
2008-2009	Victoria Highlanders
2009	University of the Fraser Valley Ladies
2010	Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
2012–	Edmonton FC
2013	Canada
1 Only league games are given.

Colin Fyfe Miller (born October 4, 1964 in Hamilton , South Lanarkshire , Scotland ) is a former Canadian football player and current coach .

Player career

societies

At the age of 10, Miller's family immigrated to Vancouver , Canada . In 1982, at the age of 18, he signed his first professional contract with the Toronto Blizzards , who were then playing in the North American Soccer League . The NASL was triggered in 1984 and Millers moved to Scotland to the Rangers in Glasgow . In the following two seasons, however, he was only used in 2 league games.

In 1986, Miller moved to the Doncaster Rovers , who were then playing in the English third division. In 1988 Miller returned to Canada. He stayed with Hamilton Steelers for one season before returning to Scotland in late 1988. He played at Hamilton Academical for the next 5 years. In 1990 Miller was loaned to the Hamilton Steelers again for a short time.

After short stays at FC St. Johnstone and FC Heart of Midlothian , he moved to Dunfermline Athletic in 1995 , where he played for over three years. Miller first ended his career as a footballer in 2000, where he was employed as a player-coach at Hamilton Academical. From 2004 to 2005 he played again, also here as a player-coach, with the Abbotsford Mariners in the USL Premier Development League .

National team

Miller made his debut for Canada National Football Team on June 19, 1983 against Scotland . He was part of the Canadians' squad at the Soccer World Cup in Mexico in 1986 . However, it was not used. In November 1987 he completed his last international match against Costa Rica .

Coaching career

After taking up his first coaching position as a player-coach at Hamilton Academical, Miller became assistant coach of the Canadian national soccer team in 2000. From 2003 to 2004 he looked after them as an interim trainer. From 2005 to 2007 he was a youth coach at the Abbotsford Soccer Association and supervised the Abbotsford Rangers and Mariners in the USL Premier Development League .

On July 3, 2007, Miller moved as an assistant coach to Derby County , which were then playing in the English Premier League . On April 2, 2008 he went back to Canada and looked after the Victoria Highlanders in the USL PDL as a trainer and sports director. He also looked after the women's soccer team at the University of the Fraser Valley .

On March 25, 2010 he became the successor of the German coach Thomas Niendorf at Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency, the youth academy of the former USL First Division franchise Vancouver Whitecaps . After changing the franchise to Major League Soccer , he was also assistant coach for the first team in the 2011 season. On October 26, 2011, the Whitecaps separated from Miller, because the new coach Martin Rennie wanted to bring his own coaching staff.

Since November 27, 2012 Miller has been the coach of Edmonton FC in the NASL .

In January 2013 Miller was again interim coach of the national team of Canada. He also looked after the team during the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 . He was supported here by the Technical Director of the Canadian Soccer Association , Tony Fonseca.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Colin Miller . In: Canadian Soccer Association . Retrieved January 16, 2015.
2. ^ Alan Brown: Scotland - International Matches 1981-1985 ( English ) RSSSF. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
3. ^ 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico (TM) - Canada ( English ) FIFA. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
4. ↑ From the PDL to EPL: Colin Miller ( English ) Soccer America. July 6, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
5. ↑ Caps part ways with Colin Miller and Denis Hamlett ( English ) Vancouver Whitecaps FC. October 26, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Evan Daum: FC Edmonton manager to lead Canadian men's team on interim basis . In: Edmonton Journal , January 8, 2013. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 16, 2015.  
7. ↑ Tony Fonseca ready to lead Canada in men's soccer friendlies . In: CBC , March 14, 2013. 
8. ↑ Miller returns as Canada MNT interim Coach for 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup . March 19, 2013.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.